Transcranial alternating current stimulation in the low kHz range increases motor cortex excitability

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 167-175

  Chaieb, Leila ^a   Antal, Andrea ^a   Paulus, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

high frequency stimulation (HFS); neuroplasticity; Primary motor cortex (M1); transcranial alternating stimulation (tACS); transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CORTICOSPINAL EXCITABILITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHAM PROCEDURE; TRANSCRANIAL ALTERNATING CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOPHYSICS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959275246     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: 18783627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/RNN-2011-0589     Document Type: Article

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